Minghao Yang
University of Edinburgh
First Class MA (Hons) Sociology, 2026
Scottish undergraduate honours degree
I study educational and occupational inequality in China.
Current research
Rural origin, teaching and occupational status in China
Do occupational standing and income tell the same story about rural- and urban-origin graduates?
Using the Chinese General Social Survey (2017), I examine graduates’ occupations, particularly teaching. In this sample, rural-origin graduates have higher adjusted status scores, without consistent evidence of higher income.
CGSS 2017 · Analysis in R
Read the researchSelected writing
Undergraduate coursework on food assistance, music platforms and debt.
About the essaysConditional assistance and constrained agency in UK food banks
Food-bank recipients can manage how they use assistance, but have little control over what is offered or on what terms.
Music streaming, algorithmic recommendation and cultural inequality
A large music catalogue does not guarantee equal visibility. The essay examines how recommendation shapes discovery and listener autonomy.
Debt, obligation and its limits
A critical review of Graeber’s account of debt, asking what it leaves under-examined about work and contemporary finance.